The first time I made this, I didn't realize it was suppose to make 2 loaves. I made one and it was big and amazing. I also did 1/4 cup brown sugar with 2 TBSP cinnamon, and 1 1/2 cups of smushed bananas,as someone else suggested.

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This is by far the BEST banana bread EVER! I did make a few changes. I substituted semi sweet chocolate chips (1 cup) for the pecans. I added 1/4 cup of brown sugar, increased the vanilla extract to 1 Tbsp, 2 Tbsp cinnamon, 3 bananas. Took a lot longer to cook but so worth the wait. It really is addictive!

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This was the first time I tried this. I did charge a few things like I used 6 small bananas 1/4 cup brown sugar 1 tbs of cinnamon 1 tbs nutmeg and I sprayed the pan with butter flavored pam and sprinkled cinnamon n sugar in pan. Family loved it

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Up until today, I had a favorite go to Banana bread recipe that called for sour cream. The idea of using cream cheese intrigued me so I made this recipe. The only changes I made was to omit the nuts because hubby doesn't like them and I used butter instead of margarine.
This banana bread is so moist and flavorful, OMG, we love it!
To those of you who said you'd add more bananas, please be careful. Too many bananas changes the entire loaf and you may find as I did, that the loaves do not bake all the way thru because of too many bananas in the batter. Try using banana extract instead!
This is, without a doubt, the best banana bread recipe I've ever made!

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It was PERFECT!
I made a sugar-free version because I don't eat sugar and I'm the dessert maker in the house, and it was magnificent.
With the cream cheese present, sugar wasn't such a key ingredient.
I added just a bit of honey to the mashed bananas and made sure they were extra ripe. And I also added 100g dates while mixing the cream cheese.
Everybody said it was the best banana bread I have ever made, even from the my sugar days!